Lubricating cap nut for fishing reels



Jufie 10,1930. F. M. CASE 1 1,762,158

LUBEKICATING CAP NUT FOR FISHING- REELS Originl Filed June 2, 1922Patented June 10, I 1930 UNITED STATES.

PATEN OFFICE rnANoIs Ml use, or CLEVELAND smears, OHIO, AssreNoa o runnNrEnrmsn MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or AKRON, 01110, A ooaronArIoN or x10LUBBIcA'rING CAP Nu'r FOB FISHING nnnLs Continuation of originalapplication filed June 2, 1922, serial No. 56 5,377, now Patent No.1,687,487. this application filed Iune26, 1924. Serial No. 722,525.

This invention relates to fishing reels and more particularly, to asecuring device, such as a cap nut, for aworking part of the reel.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved securing device ofthe character stated which is properly equipped to take care of itsusual securing function and'at the same time serves as a lubricatingdevice,

" being provided for this purpose with means for opening and closing alubricating opening and also controlling access to a tool receivingmeans.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich is readily secured to its seat by the fingers of the operator andis then capable of further operation by a suitable tool .for firmattachment.

Further objects of-the invention are in part. obvious and in part willappear more in detail hereinafter.

Thisapplicatlon 1s a contlnuation as to common subject matter of myprior application for fishin reels, filed June 2, 1922, Serial No.565,37? Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates an elevation,partly in section on the line 11, Fig. 2, of one end of a fishing reelembodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a detail end view from the left-inFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the coverscasing rotated to thelubricating position; Fig. 4 is a 01 s section on the line M, Fig. '1;and Fig. 5 is a similar cross section on the line The present inventionis capable of application to many if not all types of fishing reels andto any working part of the reel which is secured or held in place or isenclosed or covered by a securing device, or to which some other part isconnected and through I which device it is-desirable to supply lubricantto inner working parts or surfaces. Examples of such-device's are thethreaded caps which cover the end bearings of-the rotating (5 spoolshaft and the threaded cap nut which secures the operating handle to thegear op-[ erating shaft. For convenience, the drawings illustrate theinvention applied to an operating handle securing device.

The fishing reel illustrated comprises the usual frame including postsor pillars 1 connecting end caps or heads 2 between which rotates. aspool 3. The endcap or head shown has attached thereto a gear box orcasing 2 provided with a hollow stud i,

through which extends thefstub shaft 5 of at the ends of oppositeflattened portionsof said shaft and in which position the operatinghandle is held by the securing device now to be described.

Said, device is illustrated in the form ofa hollow cap nut 9, threadedon shaft 5 against the handle 7 and-provided in its outer or end facewith suitable means for attachment thereto of a driving or rotatingtool, such as the transverse slot 10 to receive 'a screw driver. "Said'nut is also provided with lubricating openings or passages 11, twoofwhich are shown located one on each side of the-screw driver slot 10and'leading to the hollow space within the nut. Lubricant suppliedthrough one'of said openings thereby flows to the bearing surfacesbetween shaft 5 and stud- 6, the lubricant entering through one openingwhile airescapes through the other.

To enable the lubricant openings be closed, when dsired,"the cap nut isenclosed within or covered by a hollow thimble or casing 12 permanentlyattached to the nut,

such as by beading a portion 13 of the thimble meta-l around a shoulderof the nut. 'Said thimble'in its outer or end face is provided with adiametrically extending slot 151, while its outer cylindrical surface issuitably formed for convenient rotation by the fingers, such as by beingprovided with 'a knurled annular rib 15.

Means is provided for frictionally and yieldably holding the thimbleor'casing in whatever position it may be turned to open ing with theirscrew driver slots in registering relation, in 'WhlCh position a screwdr ver may be engaged with the slot in the nut to tighten or loosen thesame. Fig. 3 illustrates the nut and thimblerotated 90, with their slotsin cross relation, in which position access may be gained to thelubricating openings 11 through the screw driver'slot in the'thimblecasing, and enabling lubricant to be supplied to the bearing. In thisposition, however,

the screw driver may not be applied for positively driving or turningthe nut. This is the position the parts occupy during lubrication, whileFig. 2 illustrates the position of the parts when the reel is. in use.If the operating handle is removed for any reason theretrough adaptedwhen said cover is in one position of adjustment to expose said screwdriver slot and when said cover is in another position of adjustment toexpose said lubricating opening, and means located between the sideportion of said cover and said tubular body member and engaging boththereof for maintaining said cover in any adjusted position.

In testimony whereof Ihereby aflix my signature.

FRANOIS M. CASE.

the nut is loosened with the screw driver as before stated, and may thenbe quickly unthreaded by the operators fingers, the turning effect ofwhich is applied to the knurled thimble and is communicated to the nutdue to the friction between the nut and thimble.

Likewise in re-applying the parts the nut can be quickly secured downupon the shaft preparatory to tightening it with a screw driver. Incompleting this operation the two screw driver slots are brought intoregistry for the final tightening operation, leaving the parts in theposition shown in Fig. 2 with the oil holes covered, so that theoperator is not likely to vuse the reel with the 011 openings exposed. p

- What I claim is:

In a fishing reel, an externally threaded tubular ele'inent,a ninternally threaded tubular body member "mountedupon said element andhaving a closed outer end provided with a diametrically disposed screwdriver slot and with a through lubricating opening at one side of saidslot, a rotatably adjustable cover for the closed end portion of saidbody member and having av tubular side portion andaclosed outer end,said coyer side portionhaving an interlocking connection with saidtubular body member which .permits relative rotary'movement therebetweenbut prevents-relative endwise or longitudinal movement therebetween,said cover closed end having a, diametrically disposed slotted opening

